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The Lobster

Movie
2015
1h 59m
R
English
Comedy, Drama, Romance
User Score: 
6.9
Critic Score: 
85
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In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
The Lobster Poster

The Lobster

R
Movie
2015
1h 59m
English
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
Rating
WATCHMODE
6.9
IMDB
The Lobster (2015) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
85

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Rachel Weisz
Short Sighted Woman
Olivia Colman
Hotel Manager
La Seydoux
Loner Leader
Michael Smiley
Loner Swimmer
Ariane Labed
The Maid
John C Reilly
Lisping Man
Ben Whishaw
Limping Man
Angeliki Papoulia
Heartless Woman
Jessica Barden
Nosebleed Woman
Emma OShea
Nosebleed Woman's Best Friend
Ashley Jensen
Biscuit Woman
Anthony Dougall
70 Year Old Waiter
Anthony Moriarty
30 Year Old Waiter
Sean Duggan
Guard Waiter
Roland Ferrandi
Loner Leader's Father
Imelda Nagle Ryan
Loner Leader's Mother
Jacqueline Abrahams
Donkey Shooter
Robert Heaney
Restaurant Waiter
Rosanna Hoult
David's Wife
Kathy Kelly
Police Officer 1
Kevin McCormack
Police Officer 2
Nancy Onu
Hotel Receptionist
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written By: Yorgos Lanthimos (Screenplay), Efthymis Filippou (Screenplay)

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kirenosslrak says...
9 years ago
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Pretty good movie which started brilliantly but unfortunately failed to deliver a convincing end.
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passy says...
8 years ago
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A beautiful commentary on society. Everything in this movie is binary. There's no bisexuality, no half shoe sizes. Relationships are built on top of superficial commonalities like a limp or a nosebleed. If it doesn't work out, get some children. Men and women are useless when they're alone. Men will choke to death while eating, women are getting raped. You might as well be an animal at that point. To me the repetitiveness and monotony that spanned everything from camera work over score to dialogues was just a perfect way to underline the movie's message.
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MrAniki says...
9 years ago
"Blood and Biscuits all over the pavement." Great Movie
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gwarren1793 says...
8 years ago
For the life of me I don't understand why this movie gets so many positive reviews. It made many critics' top ten lists for the year. And it is terrible. Just awful. Yes, it is very different, weird, and creative... but that doesn't mean it's good or entertaining. Its a dystopian future that has absolutely no basis in any logic or coherence, the characters are totally unlikeable, and it's unnecessarily cruel. Sometime I think people say they like weird, artsy movies just so they look like they get and appreciate artsy things, not because they actually enjoyed the movie. Don't waste your time. One of the worst movies I have ever watched.
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Featured User Reviews

benoliver999
7/10  9 years ago
A surreal sort-of sci-fi sort-of comedy, set initially in a hotel where single people must find a partner within a certain amount of time or be turned into an animal of their choice. Colin Farrell plays our protagonist, David, who chooses to be turned into a lobster should the need arise.

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ltcomdata
CONTAINS SPOILERS9 years ago
It is difficult to categorize this movie. It is at once a surreal farce, a tragic dystopia, and a romantic tale. How good the movie depends on how one characterizes the movie.

As a farce, the movie criticizes the perceived pressure people feel from society in general to couple with each other. More
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Reno
6 years ago
> Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future.

From the director of the Oscars nominated movie 'Dogtooth'. If you are familiar with his signature movie, you will find it so good. This is not the best movie I had seen that set in the future, but like any other it was another dystopian tale. More
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talisencrw
6 years ago
This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relationships, due to a couple of bad ones I had within a short period of time in the early 2000's. It was very intriguing to see a type of dystopia exist in which 'singledom' was so vilified to the point of ac More
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